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Remedies in the Garden
Lavender Blooms
Thyme To Plant
Valerian in the Garden

 

                   GARDENING

 Whether you grow flowers or herbs, the most important tip is to keep harsh chemicals away from your plants because they not only harm the environment, but your family and home as well. 
A GREAT alternative to hazardous chemicals are therapeutic-grade essential oils.

The following tips come straight from Young Living's Lavender Farm experts and will help you learn how to use therapeutic-medicinal essential oils in your own garden.

Putting 1-3 drops of oregano, basil, or thyme essential oil in a 24-ounce spray bottle full of water can be effective as a bug repellent.  For an even more effective solution, blend a clove of garlic and add it to the solution along with 2 tsp. of insecticidal soap, which can be found at a garden store.  Spray solution on or near infected plants.  NOTE: for best results, put the soap in as your final ingedient.

Lavender essential oil works as a soil amendment to improve growing conditions for all your plants.  At the YL farm in Mona, Utah, they have found lavender is a great compost material.  The late winter, during the dormant period of a plant's life, is a great time to prune and put our compost.  In the early spring, it will be easier to incorporate the compost into the soil.

Cinnamon and Thieves essential oils act as organic alternatives for getting rid of weeds.  take care to apply them only to the weeds, as these powerful and potent oils may harm your valuable plants.

Remember that gardening is hard work and excellent form of exercise, it is also fun and extremely rewarding.  Be willing to sweat in the heat, dig through the dirt, fight weeds and bugs, but also remember to enjoy the warmth of the sun, the richness of the sopil, and the splendor of life and beauty.

Gardening Articles:

Remedies in the Garden   The Birmingham Post (England); 1/11/2003

Lavender Blooms As Gardening Aid, Cooking Herb  (Spotlight on Home and Gardening)
                      Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/6/1996

Thyme To Plant, Thyme To Spare    Sunset; 6/1/1996; Cohoon, Sharon

Valerian In Your Garden!   Prairie Garden; 1/1/2003; Briggs, Colin J.

              

Gardening Tips at a Glance .....Using Essential Oils
ANTS
       Peppermint
         Spearmint


 		 APHIDS
       Cedarwood
          Hyssop
          Peppermint
          Spearmint
 		 BEETLES
          Peppermint
          Thyme


 
CATERPILLARS
       Peppermint
        Spearmint 
 		 CUTWORM
          Thyme
          Sage

 
FLEAS
         PURIFICATION (blend)
           Peppermint
           Lemongrass
           Spearmint
           Lavender
FLIES
       Lavender
         Peppermint
         Rosemary
         Sage		 GNATS
           Purification (blend)
           Patchouli
           Spearmint
 		 LICE
         Cedarwood
           Peppermint
           Spearmint
LICE, Plant
         Peppermint
         Spearmint      
 		 MOSQUITOES
           PURIFICATION (blend)
              Lavender
              Lemongrass
 		 MOTHS
         Hyssop
            Lavender
            Peppermint
            Spearmint
SLUGS
       Cedarwood
         Hyssop
         PINE		 SNAILS
         Cedarwood
            PINE
            Patchouli		 TICKS
           Lemongrass
              Sage
              Thyme
WEEVILS
        Cedarwood
          Patchouli
          Sandalwood		    

      

 

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